Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen <named-content content-type="genus-species">Cryptococcus gattii</named-content>

Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen <named-content content-type="genus-species">Cryptococcus gattii</named-content>

ABSTRACT Cryptococcus gattii R265 is a hypervirulent fungal strain responsible for the recent outbreak of cryptococcosis in Vancouver Island of British Columbia in Canada. It differs significantly from Cryptococcus neoformans in its natural environment, its preferred site in the mammalian host, and...

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Main Authors: Woei C. Lam, Rajendra Upadhya, Charles A. Specht, Abigail E. Ragsdale, Camaron R. Hole, Stuart M. Levitz, Jennifer K. Lodge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Cryptococcus gattii
R265
chitin
chitosan
chitosan regulation
protection
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00644-19

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